Evidence: | 'We had also that fish described by Frezier in his voyage to Spanish South America by the name of "elefant, pejegallo" or "poisson coq" which, though coarse, we made shift to eat, and several species of skate or sting-rays, which were abominably coarse.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 30 Mar 1770 | ||||||||||
Country: | Tasman Sea | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: Off New Zealand, onboard HMS Endeavour | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Joseph Banks |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 13 Feb 1743 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Naturalist |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Tasman Sea |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Amedee Francois Frezier |
Title: | Relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud, aux c?tes du Chili, et du Peron, fair pendent les annees, 1712, 1713, et 1714 |
Genre: | Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9933 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Banks | |
Editor: | Joseph Hooker | |
Title: | Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., KB PRS During Captain Cook's first Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1896 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 227 | |
Additional comments: | Publisher MacMillan & Co. Ltd. |
Citation: | Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., KB PRS During Captain Cook's first Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. (London, 1896), p. 227, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9933, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Date of birth stated to be 2 February 1743 (o.s.) in book, this has been corrected to new style date. |
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